United States Senate election in Alaska, 2002

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Nominee	Ted Stevens	Frank Vondersaar	Jim Sykes
Party	Republican	Democratic	Green
Popular vote	179,438	24,133	16,608
Percentage	78.17%	10.51%	7.24%

Senator before election

Ted Stevens
Republican

Elected Senator

Ted Stevens
Republican

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The 2002 United States Senate election in Alaska was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican United States Senator Ted Stevens ran for a seventh term in the United States Senate. He faced perennial candidate Frank Vondersaar, the Democratic nominee, journalist Jim Sykes, the Green Party nominee, and several other independent candidates in his bid for re-election. Ultimately, Stevens crushed his opponents to win what would be his last term in the Senate, allowing him to win with the largest margin of victory for any Senate election in Alaska, as well as the highest percentage of the vote in any of his elections.

1 Democratic primary
- 1.1 Candidates
- 1.2 Results
2 Republican primary
- 2.1 Candidates
- 2.2 Results
3 Alaskan Independence Party primary
- 3.1 Candidates
- 3.2 Results
4 Green Party primary
- 4.1 Candidates
5 Libertarian Party primary
- 5.1 Candidates
- 5.2 Results
6 General election
- 6.1 Results
7 References
8 External links

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Frank Vondersaar, perennial candidate
Theresa Obermeyer, former Anchorage School Board Member, 1996 Democratic nominee for the United States Senate

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Frank Vondersaar	18,256	66.27%
	Democratic	Theresa Obermeyer	9,292	33.73%
Totals			27,548	100.00%

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Ted Stevens, incumbent United States Senator
Mike Aubrey, construction worker

Results[edit]

Republican primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Ted Stevens (inc.)	64,315	88.94%
	Republican	Mike Aubrey	7,997	11.06%
Totals			72,312	100.00%

Alaskan Independence Party primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Jim Dore, conservative activist

Results[edit]

Alaskan Independence Party primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Alaskan Independence	Jim Dore	2,665	100.00%
Totals			2,665	100.00%

Green Party primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Jim Sykes, journalist
Thomas M. Higgins, theater technician

Green Party primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Green	Jim Sykes	1,182	76.65%
	Green	Thomas M. Higgins	360	23.35%
Totals			1,542	100.00%

Libertarian Party primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Leonard Karpinski

Results[edit]

Libertarian Party primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Libertarian	Jim Dore	558	100.00%
Totals			558	100.00%

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

United States Senate election in Alaska, 2002^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Ted Stevens (inc.)	179,438	78.17%	+1.46%
	Democratic	Frank Vondersaar	24,133	10.51%	+0.17%
	Green	Jim Sykes	16,608	7.24%	-5.29%
	Alaskan Independence	Jim Dore	6,724	2.93%
	Libertarian	Leonard Karpinski	2,354	1.03%
	Write-ins		291	0.13%
Majority			155,305	67.66%	+3.47%
Turnout			229,548
	Republican hold		Swing

References[edit]

External links[edit]

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Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Results[edit]

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Results[edit]

Alaskan Independence Party primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Results[edit]

Green Party primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Libertarian Party primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Results[edit]

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

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